Holy crap, massive driveshaft came with Dana, how much is this hurting me?
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Out of curiousity, if you're worried about losing HP for the steel shaft, why did you choose a dana 60? Both a 9" and a 12 bolt are lighter, more efficient, and have less HP loss than the dana.
IMO, just run the steel shaft, and abuse the car as hard as you want without worry. That's the whole point of a driveline upgrade, right? I have a moser 9 and similar steel driveshaft in my elcamino, and don't think twice about popping the clutch at any RPM. Really allows a person to enjoy the 3rd pedal.
The dana may be heavier, but has far less parasitic drive train loss then a 9", and slightly better than the 12 bolt.Originally Posted by Deckstripes
Broken driveshafts also break transmission cases and tailshafts, been there, done that. Out of curiousity, if you're worried about losing HP for the steel shaft, why did you choose a dana 60? Both a 9" and a 12 bolt are lighter, more efficient, and have less HP loss than the dana.
IMO, just run the steel shaft, and abuse the car as hard as you want without worry. That's the whole point of a driveline upgrade, right? I have a moser 9 and similar steel driveshaft in my elcamino, and don't think twice about popping the clutch at any RPM. Really allows a person to enjoy the 3rd pedal.